Word: fellowships
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Scholarships and other awards to students increased by 10.4% to a level of $34.4 million and constituted 7.7% of University expenses. This total includes only scholarship and fellowship awards made by Harvard. Excluded are similar awards estimated to total over $3.5 million which are made directly to students by other organizations. During the year the University granted $17.2 million in new loans to students and provided $12.5 million to students in the form of term-time employment at Harvard in various positions, including teaching fellowships. Additional loans of approximately $20.0 million are estimated to have been awarded directly to students...
...Harvard submitted the same number of applicants this year as in past years, and the percentage of applicants selected for interviews remained high," Graham Holmes, fellowship director of the Office of Career Services and Off-Campus Learning, said yesterday...
Kevin P. Van Anglen, fellowship adviser of Eliot House, said once applicants reach the interview stage, "anything can happen. The chemistry of different committees and the large number of qualified applications make the situation unpredictable...
However, Fen Hampson, fellowship adviser of Lowell House, said he believes Harvard is sending too many people to the various state committees and not making an adequate attempt to pre-screen the University nominees...
...added that because Harvard submits such a large number of applicants, they are not all considered seriously. "Nominating so many applicants undermines the credibility of the really good ones," he said. But none of the other fellowship advisers contacted mentioned this as a problem...